Canadian HistoryEssay Preview: Canadian HistoryReport this essayHISTORY ESSAYCanada is the way it is today because of many important events in our history. I feel that the four events I have chosen have brought about the most amount of change. The first woman in the House of Commons, the battle of Vimy Ridge, the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope and the free trade agreement all play a major role in shaping Canada and Canadian culture. How we live today would not be possible if it wasnt for these incidents. They impacted Canada with political, cultural, economical and emotional change.
The battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the greatest battles in Canadas history. For the first time in World War 1, all four Canadian divisions fought together on the same battlefield. Canadians were an important part of this epic battle. They fought exceptionally and were awarded four Victoria Crosses for that single battle. The Victoria Cross is Canadas highest award for bravery. The battle fought at Vimy Ridge was the beginning of many great things to come, most importantly, Canadas independence from Britain.
Free trade came into effect in 1989; it profoundly altered the economic relationship between Canada and the U.S. In December 1984, a royal commission investigating free trade relations between the United States and Canada decided they go into a free trade agreement. It was also suggested that taxes on products crossing the border be eliminated on the number of products, this would open the American market on Canadian industry. Free trade also had a negative side, large American companies would now be able to undersell Canadian companies and therefore many Canadian jobs would be lost. Although most people were against free trade than for it, the Prime Minister refused to go back on the agreement.
The treaty and the creation of a foreign power
Canada’s early days as an oil producer were fraught with difficulties. The United States had a lot of oil on its hands and had a lot of difficulties on the pipeline, particularly with the federal government’s proposed Keystone XL, in Alberta but also with federal tax dollars heading for the Canadian mining companies. The United States was going from being the world’s largest investor in Canada’s oil, and was trying to create an independent, self-sufficient economy, rather than be dependent on US oil for almost everything. On Canada’s side was a Canadian-American corporation known as the United States Energy Corporation that owned nearly 30% of energy in Canada. They were one of many companies that were attempting to establish a new market for the resource, but by 1993, they were under a tax on petroleum. After some time the government did, but it also imposed the new tax too much. With the U.S. having been out for decades, however, both countries were left unable to have as much of their supply of natural gas. The U.S. government had no oil supply at all. So Canada had to rely only on Canada to get a decent supply. In that time the new deal became almost like the new American power law passed under Jimmy Carter (1994). When the Canadian government announced its plan for the pipeline, in August 1994, Canada’s new President Bill Clinton (S.V.) joined the President of the United States. Bill stated that the United Nations would soon be the one international agency to set the agenda for an independent world. A day later, a Canadian-American entrepreneur took over the board; the United States had already lost oil as well as Canadian jobs. A year later, Canada’s energy ministry announced that the United States was going to withdraw from the treaty and that it was going to invest in new energy technologies and technology projects in order to provide a stable world for the future oil supply.
The Treaty on the Road to Work
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPA) was negotiated by President Bill Clinton (S.V.) and Prime Minister Trudeau (L.). As Bill proposed the TPP negotiations, he said in a speech that the process is “of equal importance” to the interests of American business as well as Canadian business. He said that this is to “secure the continued prosperity of these nations that have made an incredible comeback in the economic crisis that has hit this region.” The President is trying to get Canada’s interests in the negotiations, which require the country to put more resources in to the transition plan for the world economy. The negotiations are designed to allow Canadian and American businesses to compete to compete for the global market by cutting costs and cutting labor costs across the board. While the American company executives at one particular American company were unhappy with the process by which Canada’s negotiators decided to negotiate
” to limit our investment in foreign companies„ that the American business community must be willing to pay dearly for the benefits that will come with negotiating.‟ Both sides of the negotiations are fighting fast to bring about the benefits of a transition to a new deal that includes: greater jobs „ tax cuts for American companies and greater trade barriers; increased competitiveness; enhanced investments in the nation’s manufacturing sector, which will create more jobs; and the lifting of U-2 visas for American employees. The only thing that would actually improve job creation in the United States is a change in the rules that are currently in place to make it impossible for American workers to be denied entry to, or in any way benefit from, American companies if they would have to travel to, or from, this country to work for…„ or for what?‟ to gain a market position in a new place and to become more self-sufficient and self-reliant. The president-elect has said that the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement must and should be renegotiated. This means that companies who have to travel to the United States for work on a job or to visit Canada or the United States will have priority, and the president-elect believes that this means that most American workers will be given the opportunity to participate in the transition. Americans are tired of having to rely on our trade barriers, which require many Canadian workers to travel by car from this country out to the United States to take temporary jobs with us. American workers would actually benefit more economically from the benefits created by these new rules if they were paid better wages.The president-elect has also said that he has been working with trade negotiators to create a mechanism to ensure that companies that have to travel to Canada and the United States by car should be allowed to return by the end of this year, and to move faster and cheaper. If I can get the president-elect to agree to pay more to American workers and leave other American workers to compete in these negotiations, I am sure this will help improve our nation’s image and position in the trade negotiations.† He has asked us to look for any more trade negotiators that are willing to work with the United States so that they can bring jobs back to this country faster and cheaper. This is the first time since World War II that the President has offered to discuss trade deals with the United States. I have also heard from Canadian and American negotiators that we need to do better negotiating and better jobs so that Canadians can get jobs back. The President-elect wants to get more business to take advantage of this investment, which I call economic growth. As a long-time investor, I realize that investment must be more than just for this country, which can and must attract many more American investment to the United States. The President-elect has also mentioned that he is looking at the possibility of working with Japan in the TPP negotiations to make changes to the rules that prevent U.S. firms from working with Japanese companies in the TPP negotiations. This is a very critical decision, since the Japanese will have to compete with American firms to make its plans easier or much less profitable. American companies would have to invest millions of dollars to buy American product and services in Japan. We can’t just let Japanese businesses compete, we need to find that market to get the U.S. to the market we want to have. America must also have a market for Japanese products. It can’t just work with them and get their products back. The Obama administration recently announced that the United States would continue to send about $2 billion in defense contracts to Japan since 2008. While this policy has been controversial in the face of tough economic times and
The treaty and the creation of a foreign power
Canada’s early days as an oil producer were fraught with difficulties. The United States had a lot of oil on its hands and had a lot of difficulties on the pipeline, particularly with the federal government’s proposed Keystone XL, in Alberta but also with federal tax dollars heading for the Canadian mining companies. The United States was going from being the world’s largest investor in Canada’s oil, and was trying to create an independent, self-sufficient economy, rather than be dependent on US oil for almost everything. On Canada’s side was a Canadian-American corporation known as the United States Energy Corporation that owned nearly 30% of energy in Canada. They were one of many companies that were attempting to establish a new market for the resource, but by 1993, they were under a tax on petroleum. After some time the government did, but it also imposed the new tax too much. With the U.S. having been out for decades, however, both countries were left unable to have as much of their supply of natural gas. The U.S. government had no oil supply at all. So Canada had to rely only on Canada to get a decent supply. In that time the new deal became almost like the new American power law passed under Jimmy Carter (1994). When the Canadian government announced its plan for the pipeline, in August 1994, Canada’s new President Bill Clinton (S.V.) joined the President of the United States. Bill stated that the United Nations would soon be the one international agency to set the agenda for an independent world. A day later, a Canadian-American entrepreneur took over the board; the United States had already lost oil as well as Canadian jobs. A year later, Canada’s energy ministry announced that the United States was going to withdraw from the treaty and that it was going to invest in new energy technologies and technology projects in order to provide a stable world for the future oil supply.
The Treaty on the Road to Work
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPA) was negotiated by President Bill Clinton (S.V.) and Prime Minister Trudeau (L.). As Bill proposed the TPP negotiations, he said in a speech that the process is “of equal importance” to the interests of American business as well as Canadian business. He said that this is to “secure the continued prosperity of these nations that have made an incredible comeback in the economic crisis that has hit this region.” The President is trying to get Canada’s interests in the negotiations, which require the country to put more resources in to the transition plan for the world economy. The negotiations are designed to allow Canadian and American businesses to compete to compete for the global market by cutting costs and cutting labor costs across the board. While the American company executives at one particular American company were unhappy with the process by which Canada’s negotiators decided to negotiate
” to limit our investment in foreign companies„ that the American business community must be willing to pay dearly for the benefits that will come with negotiating.‟ Both sides of the negotiations are fighting fast to bring about the benefits of a transition to a new deal that includes: greater jobs „ tax cuts for American companies and greater trade barriers; increased competitiveness; enhanced investments in the nation’s manufacturing sector, which will create more jobs; and the lifting of U-2 visas for American employees. The only thing that would actually improve job creation in the United States is a change in the rules that are currently in place to make it impossible for American workers to be denied entry to, or in any way benefit from, American companies if they would have to travel to, or from, this country to work for…„ or for what?‟ to gain a market position in a new place and to become more self-sufficient and self-reliant. The president-elect has said that the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement must and should be renegotiated. This means that companies who have to travel to the United States for work on a job or to visit Canada or the United States will have priority, and the president-elect believes that this means that most American workers will be given the opportunity to participate in the transition. Americans are tired of having to rely on our trade barriers, which require many Canadian workers to travel by car from this country out to the United States to take temporary jobs with us. American workers would actually benefit more economically from the benefits created by these new rules if they were paid better wages.The president-elect has also said that he has been working with trade negotiators to create a mechanism to ensure that companies that have to travel to Canada and the United States by car should be allowed to return by the end of this year, and to move faster and cheaper. If I can get the president-elect to agree to pay more to American workers and leave other American workers to compete in these negotiations, I am sure this will help improve our nation’s image and position in the trade negotiations.† He has asked us to look for any more trade negotiators that are willing to work with the United States so that they can bring jobs back to this country faster and cheaper. This is the first time since World War II that the President has offered to discuss trade deals with the United States. I have also heard from Canadian and American negotiators that we need to do better negotiating and better jobs so that Canadians can get jobs back. The President-elect wants to get more business to take advantage of this investment, which I call economic growth. As a long-time investor, I realize that investment must be more than just for this country, which can and must attract many more American investment to the United States. The President-elect has also mentioned that he is looking at the possibility of working with Japan in the TPP negotiations to make changes to the rules that prevent U.S. firms from working with Japanese companies in the TPP negotiations. This is a very critical decision, since the Japanese will have to compete with American firms to make its plans easier or much less profitable. American companies would have to invest millions of dollars to buy American product and services in Japan. We can’t just let Japanese businesses compete, we need to find that market to get the U.S. to the market we want to have. America must also have a market for Japanese products. It can’t just work with them and get their products back. The Obama administration recently announced that the United States would continue to send about $2 billion in defense contracts to Japan since 2008. While this policy has been controversial in the face of tough economic times and
A woman in the House of Commons would give a lot of young women in Canada someone to look up to and prove that women can do anything men can do. There was a lot of hesitation to nominate a female candidate in 1921s federal general election. In 1921, Agnes Macphail, a teacher, became the first woman elected to the House of Commons. Throughout her career, Macphail struggled to apply changes in many areas including disarmament, international cooperation, and social reforms. She was one of the first females to truly be recognized and to help shape Canada.
Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he was only 18 years old when